Publications

1. High-throughput heart rate monitoring in Daphnia magna for sublethal ecotoxicological assessment 

Ik Hwan Kwon, Youngsam Kim, Si-Eun Sung, Shinhye Park, Gisu Park, Sunlin Ko, Yong-Hyeon Yim, Gizachew Betru Tegegn, Sang-Won Lee, Min Beom Heo, Tae Geol Lee, Young Jun Kim, Journal of Hazardous Materials 505, 141474 (2026).

1. Design and application of a realistic and multifunctional retinal phantom for standardizing ophthalmic imaging systems

Hyun-Ji Lee, Tae Geol Lee, Il Doh*, Sang-Won Lee*, Communications Engineering 4, 134 (2025).

2. Hyperspectral analysis to assess gametocytogenesis stage progression in malaria-infected human erythrocytes

Ik Hwan Kwon, Ji Youn Lee, Fuyuki Tokumasu, Sang-Won Lee, Jeeseong Hwang*, Journal of Biomedical Optics 30, 023516 (2025).

3. ROS-responsive charge reversal mesoporous silica nanoparticles as promising drug delivery system for neovascular retinal diseases

Ahmed M. Elbedwehy, Jun Wu, Hee-Kyung Na, Ahruem Baek, Haejein Jung, Ik Hwan Kwon, Sang Won Lee, Jeong Hun Kim*, Tae Geol Lee*, Journal of Controlled Release 373, 224-239 (2024).

4. [Invited Review Paper] Utilizing optical phantoms for biomedical-optics technology: Recent advances and challenges  [Editor's Pick]

Ik Hwan Kwon, Hoon-Sup Kim, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun-Ji Lee, Sang-Won Lee*, Current Optics and Photonics 8, 327-344 (2024).

5. Numerical phase-detection autofocusing method for digital holography reconstruction processing

Ik Hwan Kwon, Jinhyung Lee, Hee-Kyung Na, Tae Geol Lee*, Sang-Won Lee*, Applied Physics Letters 124, 093701 (2024).

6. Visualization materials using silicon-based optical nanodisks (ViSiON) for enhanced NIR imaging in ophthalmology

Jisun Ki, Hyun-Ji Lee, Tae Geol Lee, Sang-Won Lee*, Jung-Sub Wi*, Hee-Kyung Na*, ACS Advanced Healthcare Materials 13(11), 2303713 (2024).

7. Novel organoid culture system for improved safety assessment of nanomaterials

Ahruem Baek, Ik Hwan Kwon, Da-Hey Lee, Woo Hee Choi, Sang-Won Lee, Jongman Yoo, Min Beom Heo*, Tae Geol Lee*, Nano Letters 24, 805-813 (2024).

8. Partial spectrum detection and super-Gaussian window function for ultrahigh-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a linear-k spectrometer  [Editor's Pick]

Hyun-Ji Lee, Sang-Won Lee*, Current Optics and Photonics 7, 73-82 (2023).

9. Au/Si bilayer nanodisks with tunable LSPR for optical coherence tomography in second near-infrared window

Jinhyung Lee, Hyun-Ji Lee, Sang-Won Lee, Hee-Kyung Na, Tae Geol Lee, Jung-sub Wi*, Shinill Kang*, Advanced Photonics Research 3, 2100162 (2022).

10. Phase stable swept-source optical coherence tomography with active mode-locking laser for contrast enhancements of retinal angiography

Kwan Seob Park, Eunwoo Park, Hwidon Lee, Hyun-Ji Lee, Sang-Won Lee, Tae Joong Eom*, Scientific Reports 11, 16636 (2021).

11. High-speed photoacoustic Microscopy: A review dedicated on light sources

Soon-Woo Cho, Sang-Min Park, Byullee Park, Do Yeon Kim, Tae Geol Lee, Beop-Min Kim, Chulhong Kim, Jeesu Kim*, Sang-Won Lee*, Chang-Seok Kim*, Photoacousitcs 24, 100291 (2021).

12. Real-time heart rate monitoring system for cardiotoxicity assessment of Daphnia magna using high-speed digital holographic microscopy

Ik Hwan Kwon, In Young Kim, Min Beom Heo, June-Woo Park, Sang-Won Lee*, Tae Geol Lee*, Science of the Total Environment 780, 146405 (2021).

13. Molecule-resolved visualization of particulate matter on human skin using multimodal nonlinear optical imaging

Eun-Soo Lee, Suho Kim, Sang-Won Lee, Jinsang Jung, Sung Hoon Lee, Hye-Won Na, Hyoung-June Kim, Yong Deog Hong, Won Seok Park, Tae Geol Lee, Dong-Gyu Jo*, Se-Hwa Kim*, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, 5199 (2021).

14. Length difference of multi-walled carbon nanotubes generates differential cytotoxic responses

Nhuan Thi Do, Suho Kim, Minjeong Kwak, Tae Geol Lee, Dong-Gyu Jo, Sang-Won Lee*, Se-Hwa Kim*, Journal of Applied Toxicology 41, 1414 (2021)

1. Quickly alternating green and red laser source for real-time multispectral photoacoustic microscopy

Sang Min Park, Do Yeon Kim, Soon-Woo Cho, Beop-Min Kim, Tae Geol Lee, Chang-Seok Kim*, Sang-Won Lee*, Photoacoustics 20, 100204 (2020).

2. Retina phantom for the evaluation of optical coherence tomograpy angiography based on microfluidic channels

Hyun-Ji Lee, Nafra M. Samiudin, Tae Geol Lee, Il Doh*, Sang-Won Lee*, Biomedical Optics Express 10, 5535 (2019).

3. Site-specific impairment of perivascular adipose tissue on advanced atherosclerotic plaques using multimodal nonlinear optical imaging

Suho Kim, Eun-Soo Lee, Sang-Won Lee, Yong-Hoon Kim, Chul-Ho Lee, Dong-Gyu Jo, Se-Hwa Kim*, PNAS 116, 100204 (2019).

4. Optimal generation of ten individual green-to-red Raman source for wavelength-dependent real-time OR-PAM images

Soon-Woo Cho, Heesung Kang, Sang Min Park, Gukbin Lim, Zhonglie Piao, Sang-Won Lee*, Chang-Seok Kim*, Tae Geol Lee, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics 25, 1400109 (2019).

5. Real-time functional optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy using high-speed alternating illumination at 532 and 1064 nm

Heesung Kang, Sang-Won Lee*, Sang-Min Park, Soon-Woo Cho, Jae Yong Lee, Chang-Seok Kim*, Tae Geol Lee*, Joural of Biophotonics 11, e201700210, (2018).

6. Intraocular application of gold nanodisks optically tuned for optical coherence tomography: inhibitory effect on retinal neovascularization without unbearable toxicity

Hyun Beom Song, Jung-Sub Wi, Dong Hyun Jo, Jin Hyoung Kim, Sang-Won Lee, Tae Geol Lee*, Jeong Hun Kim*, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 13, 1901 (2017).

7. Stacked gold nanodisks for bimodal photoacoustic and optical coherence imaging

Jung-Sub Wi*, Jisoo Park, Heesung Kang, Donggeun Jung, Sang-Won Lee, Tae Geol Lee*, ACS Nano 11, 6225 (2017)

8. 5 nm silver nanoparticles amplify clinical features of Atopic dermatitis in mice by activating Mast cells

Han Goo Kang, Seungjae Kim, Kwang Hoon Lee, Shan Jin, Seo Hyeong Kim, Kangtaek Lee, Hyungjoon Jeon, Young-Geon Song, Sang-Won Lee, Jinwon Seo, Soomin Park, In-Hong Choi*, Small 13, 1602363 (2017).

9. Physically-synthesized gold nanoparticles containing multiple nanopores for enhanced photothermal conversion and photoacoustic imaging

Jisso Park, Heesung Kang, Young Heon Kim, Sang-Won Lee, Tae Geol Lee*, Jung-Sub Wi*, Nanoscale 34, 15514 (2016).

1. Real-time GPU-accelerated processing and volumetric display for wide-field laser-scanning optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy

Heesung Kang, Sang-Won Lee*, Eun-Soo Lee, Se-Hwa Kim, Tae Geol Lee*, Biomedical Optics Express,6, 4650 (2015).

2. Utrahigh-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography based on a linear-wavenumber spectrometer

Sang-Won Lee*, Heesung Kang, Joo Hyun Park, Tae Geol Lee, Eun Seong Lee*, Jae Yong Lee*, Journal of the Optical Society of Korea 19, 55 (2015).

3. A method for super-resolved CARS microscopy with structured illumination in two dimensions

Joo Hyun Park, Sang-Won Lee, Eun Seong Lee*, Jae Yong Lee*, Optics Express 22, 9854 (2014).

4. Lipid crystals mechanically stimulate adjacent extracellular matrix in advanced atherosclerotic plaques

Eun-Soo Lee, Joo Hyun Park, Sang-Won Lee, Junhee Hahn, Haea Lee, Soo-Won Che, Tae Geol Lee, Dae Won Moon, Se-Hwa Kim*, Atherosclerosis 237, 769 (2014).

5. Multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy for simultaneous 3-D label-free and immunofluorescence imaging of biological samples

Joo Hyun Park, Eun-Soo Lee, Jae Yong Lee, Eun Seong Lee, Tae Geol Lee, Se-Hwa Kim*, Sang-Won Lee*, Journal of the Optical Society of Korea 18, 551 (2014).

6. Two-channel interferometric detection for the compensation of phase fluctuation noise in nonlinear infrared microscopy

Eun Seong Lee, Sang-Won Lee, Joo Hyun Park, Jae Yong Lee*, Appied Physics Letters 102, 011121 (2013).

7. Optical monitoring of tumors in BALB/c nude mice using optical coherence tomography

Hyun-Woo Song, Sang-Won Lee, Myung-Hwan Jung, Kye Ryung Kim, SeungKyoung Yang, Jeong Won Park, Min-Sook Jeong, Moon Youn Jung, Seugnhwan Kim,  Journal of the Optical Society of Korea 17, 91 (2013).

8. Spectral-domain OCT with dual illumination and interlaced detection for simultaneous anterior segment and retina imaging

Hyun-Woo Jeong, Sang-Won Lee, Beop-Min Kim*, Optics Express 20, 19148 (2012).

9. Wide tuning range wavelength-swept laser with a single SOA at 1020 nm for ultrahigh resolution Fourier-domain optical coherence tomograhy

Sang-Won Lee*, Hyun-Woo Song, Moon-Youn Jung, Seung-Hwan Kim, Optics Express 19, 21227 (2011).

10. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography for retinal imaging with 800-nm swept source: Real-time resampling in k-domain

Sang-Won Lee*, Hyun-Woo Song, Bong-Kyu Kim, Moon-Youn Jung, Seung-Hwan Kim, Jae Du Cho, Chang-Seok Kim*, Journal of the Optical Society of Korea 15, 293 (2011).

11. Investigating in vivo airway wall mechanics during tidal breathing with optical coherence tomography

Claire Robertson, Sang-Won Lee, Yeh-Chan Ahn, Sari Mahon, Zhongping Chen, Matthew Brenner, Steven George*, Journal of Biomedical Optics 16, 106011 (2011).

12. Quantification of airway thickness changes in smoke-inhalation injury using in-vivo 3-D endoscopic frequency-domain optical coherence tomography

Sang-Won Lee, Andrew Heidari, David Yoon, David Mukai, Tirunelveli Ramalingam, Sari Mahon, Jiechen Yin Joseph Jing, Gangjun Liu, Zhongping Chen*, Matthew Brenner*, Biomedial Optics Express 2, 243 (2011).

1. Reference spectrum extraction and fixed-pattern noise removal in optical coherence tomography

Sucbei Moon, Sang-Won Lee, Zhongping Chen*, Optics Express 18, 24395 (2010).

2. Semi-resonant operation of a fiber-cantilever piezotube scanner for stable optical coherence tomography endoscope imaging

Sucbei Moon, Sang-Won Lee, Marc Rubinstein, Brian J. F. Wong, Zhongping Chen*, Optics Express 18, 21183 (2010).

3. High-speed spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using a single camera and an optical switch at 1.3 um

Sang-Won Lee, Hyun-Woo Jeong, Beop-Min Kim*, Journal of Biomedical Optics 15, 010501 (2010).

4. Optimization for axial resolution, depth range and sensitivity of spectral domain optical coherence tomography at 1.3 um

Sang-Won Lee, Hyun-Woo Jeong, Yeh-Chan Ahn, Woonggyu Jung, Zhongping Chen, Beop-Min Kim*, Journal of Korean Physical Society  55, 2354 (2009).

5. Quantification of scattering changes using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Sang-Won Lee, Jin-Ho Kang, Ji-Yeong Yoo, Moon-Sik Kang, Jung-Tae Oh, Beop-Min Kim*, Journal of Biomedical Optics 13, 054032 (2008).

6. Optical diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasm (CIN) using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Sang-Won Lee, Ji-Yeong Yoo, Jin-Ho Kang, Moon-Sik Kang, Soon-Hee Jung, Yosep Chong, Dong-Su Cha, Kyung-Hee Han, Beop-Min Kim*, Optics Express 16, 2709 (2008).

7. Line-field optical coherence tomography using frequency-sweeping source

Sang-Won Lee, Beop-Min Kim*, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 14, 50 (2008).

8. External line-cavity wavelength-swept source at 850 nm for optical coherence tomography

Sang-Won Lee, Chang-Seok Kim, Beop-Min Kim*, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 19, 176 (2007).

9. Quantification of the wound healing using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Jung-Taek Oh, Sang-Won Lee, Youn-Soo Kim, Ki-Beom Suhr, Beop-Min Kim*, Journal of Biomedical Optics 11, 041124 (2006).